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AN INTRODUCTION

TO

THE STUDY OF GREEK.

AN INTRODUCTION

TO

THE STUDY OF GREEK.

COMPREHENDING

GRAMMAR, DELECTUS, AND EXERCISE-BOOK

WITH VOCABULARIES

(THE GRAMMAR ADAPTED FROM THAT OF DR. WORDSWORTH).

For the Use of the Lower Forms in Public and Private Schools.

BY H. E. HUTTON, M.A.

OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD: ASSISTANT MASTER AT HARROW SCHOOL.

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PREFACE.

THE first Part of this work consists of an adaptation in English of the Accidence of Dr. Wordsworth's Grammar, generally used at the Public Schools; the second, of a series of Exercises (progressive in difficulty, and alternately Greek and English) upon the Accidence, the rules of Syntax being introduced as required, and worked into the Exercises; the third, of Greek and English Vocabularies, corresponding with the Exercises.

The chief objects proposed are

1. To fix in a boy's mind, by means of constant repetition, the inflexions of Substantives, Adjectives, and Pronouns, each in succession.

2. To assist his memory and excite his interest at the same time, by connecting and associating them with words of common occurrence, and useful

sentences.

3. To familiarise him with ordinary Greek constructions, by exercising him in the principal rules of

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